Tryptophan is an essential amino acid used to make proteins. Your body does not make it, so you need to get it from your diet. Foods that contain tryptophan include animal products like chicken and ...

You've picked the bones of the Thanksgiving bird; you're in an easy-chair nearly napping: "It's the tryptophan!" you say. But it isn't: you've fallen victim to a common myth about an uncommon molecule ...

Several biomedical research applications make the most of the natural fluorescence response of amino acids – the essential building blocks of all proteins. These protein fluorescence responses to ...

Proteins containing the appropriate amino acids are absorbent to light on the UV-spectrum, specifically light that has peak wavelengths of 260 – 280 nanometers (nm). This makes it simple to analyze ...

No matter how hard I try, I can’t make this myth go away. Until I do, I will keep on posting this every Thanksgiving. Myth: Eating Turkey Makes You Sleepy While not everyone stoops to the level of ...

Protein structure and function can be accurately studied using intrinsic fluorescence measurements. A better understanding about the activity or conformational states of proteins under various ...